{"id":2050,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/indrekhirv\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:30","slug":"indrekhirv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/h\/indrekhirv\/","title":{"rendered":"Indrek Hirv"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPoems<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\"Indrek<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Indrek Hirv<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Indrek Hirv (born 15. XII 1956) is an Estonian poet, translator and artist.<\/span><\/span>
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He was born at Kohila into an artistic family \u2013 his mother was a graphic artist and his father a painter.<\/span>
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He attended primary school number 10 and secondary school number 1 in Tartu, and in 1981 he graduated in ceramics at the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR. He has worked at the children\u2019s art school and the art museum in Tartu. In 1988 he established the Konrad M\u00e4gi Studio of the Tartu Art Association and was its first director. In his own artistic creation he has cultivated painting on porcelain, oil-painting and graphic design, and taken part in both one-man and group exhibitions at home and abroad. Among other works he has illustrated the Sulesepad<\/em> (\u2018Pensmiths\u2019) almanac of Tartu secondary school number 1 (1974) and Hasso Krull\u2019s second poetry collection Pihlakate meri<\/em> (\u2018Sea of Rowan-trees\u2019, 1988) and made vignettes for his own collections.<\/span>
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He has lived in Tallinn and Tartu mainly as a freelance artist. He spent some years in the Netherlands (1989-1991), where he worked as a correspondent for Radio Free Europe, and in Germany (2005-2006).<\/span>
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He is a member of the Estonian Artists\u2019 Union (since 1985), the Estonian Writers\u2019 Union (since 1991) and the Estonian Students\u2019 Society (since 2009), and has joined the Tartu Young Authors\u2019 Association (NAK) and the Wellesto literary group.<\/span>
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Alongside his artistic activity he has continuously written poetry. He published his first verses in 1980; the first collection, Uneraev<\/em> (\u2018Sleep-rage\u2019), which was regarded as one of the pioneering works of the poetic renewal of the time, in 1987. His poetry contains surrealistic, erotic and cultural-mythological elements, cosmic references and Christian symbolism.<\/span>
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Since 2000 he has produced prose, drama and essays, and has written a film script, Sinimustvalge needus<\/em> (\u2018The Blue-black-and-white Curse\u2019, 2009), and a concert production, Viimane tango 1944 \u2013 Pallase l\u00f5pp<\/em> (\u2018Last Tango 1944 \u2013 the End of Pallas\u2019, 2011).<\/span>
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He has translated French poetry \u2013 Prantsuse bukett<\/em> (\u2018A French Bouquet\u2019, poetry from 17th century, 2011), Baudelaire (Les Fleurs du Mal \u2013 V\u00e4ikesed kurja lilled<\/em>, 2000, with Ants Oras and August Sang). He has also translated verse by Hermann Hesse and the poetry of Alexander Pushkin, as well as religious texts with Vello Salo: the Gospel of St. Matthew, the songs of King David from the Hebrew, the Psalms from German and the Revelation of John from Greek.<\/span>
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With Ants Juske he has written texts for Rein Kelpman\u2019s album of paintings (Kelpman, 2003) and compiled an anthology of Estonian Christian poetry, Lauluallikas<\/em> (\u2018The Source of Song\u2019, Maarjamaa, 2003), Kaalu Kirme\u2019s poetry collection Vana valge<\/em> (\u2018The Old White One\u2019, 2005) and with Urmas Ott and Piret P\u00e4\u00e4sukene, a compilation of Marie Under\u2019s works (2007).<\/span>
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In 1993 he was awarded the annual Estonian literature prize for the poetry collections Kuu vari<\/em> (\u2018Moon Shadow\u2019) and V\u00f5hum\u00f5\u00f5k<\/em> (\u2018Iris\u2019), in 2006 the cultural weekly Sirp annual prize for the collection Surmap\u00f5letaja<\/em> (\u2018The Burner of Death\u2019), and in 2010 the Gustav Suits Poetry Prize. In 2011 he was awarded the Order of the White Star, IV class.<\/span>
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Since autumn 2017 he has represented the Estonian Conservative People\u2019s Party on Tartu City Council.<\/span>
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M. K. (Translated by C. M.)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Books in Estonian<\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoems<\/em> <\/strong>
Uneraev<\/strong>. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1987, 40 lk.
Pimetr\u00fckk = Salapainos: valimata luuletusi ajavahemikust 1976-1987<\/strong>. Soomekeelse teksti t\u00f5lkinud R. Gr\u00fcnthal jt, eess\u00f5na: S. Kiin, autori illustratsioonid. Helsinki: 1988, 78 lk. [R\u00f6\u00f6ptekst eesti ja soome keeles. Sari \u2018Estonia Raamatukogu\u2019, 1.]
P\u00f5ueoda<\/strong>. Tallinn: Eesti Kostabi Selts, 1990, 69 lk.
Kuu vari<\/strong>. Tallinn: Vagabund, 1992, 125 lk.
V\u00f5hum\u00f5\u00f5k<\/strong>. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1992, 48 lk.
T\u00e4hekerjus<\/strong>. Tallinn: etf, 1993, 70 lk.
Taskuraamat<\/strong>. Tartu: Elmatar, 1994, 16 lk.
P\u00f5uasinine<\/strong>. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1996, 72 lk.
Kiviingel<\/strong>. Tartu, 1997, 64 lk.
Fuugamust<\/strong>. Tallinn: Perioodika (Loomingu Raamatukogu), 1998, 48 lk.
P\u00e4rlhall<\/strong>. Tallinn: Virgela, 1998, 96 lk.
\u00d6\u00f6p\u00e4ev: luulet 24 aastast t\u00f5lgete ja lehejuttude taustal<\/strong>. J\u00e4rels\u00f5na: Vaapo Vaher. Tallinn: Virgela, 2000, 400 lk.
Liblikate \u00f5hkkerge veri<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2001, 72 lk.
\u00dclemlaul<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2003, 112 lk.
Surmap\u00f5letaja<\/strong>. Tallinn: Tuum, 2006, 168 lk.
Veesilm<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2009, 79 lk.
\u00dclalt valla<\/strong>. Tallinn: Maarjamaa, 2009, 104 lk.
Tiivavalu<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2012, 120 lk.
Hingekiri<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2013, 512 lk.
Kassitoome<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2013, 71 lk.
S\u00fcdas\u00fcgis<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2016, 96 lk.
Kuradisild<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2016, 63 lk.
Inglisild<\/strong>. \u00dclo Soosteri joonistused. Tallinn: Varrak, 2016, 312 lk.
Toomem\u00e4gi on Emaj\u00f5gi<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2016, 80 lk.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s literature<\/em> <\/strong>
Hea poisi jutud<\/strong>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2002, 24 lk.
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Non-fiction<\/em><\/strong>
R\u00e4nnuraamat<\/strong>. Koostanud ja toimetanud Kati Lindstr\u00f6m. Tartu: E\u00dcS Veljesto Kirjastus, 1996, 94 lk.
Klaask\u00fcbara all<\/strong>. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2004, 168 lk. [Artiklid.]
Tartust Pariisi ja tagasi: r\u00e4nnakutest, kunstist ja m\u00f6\u00f6danikust<\/strong>. Koostaja Kadri Asmer. Tallinn: Go Group, 2016, 238 lk. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPlays<\/em><\/strong>
Pauluse kiriku kellad<\/strong>. Tallinn: SE&JS, 2007, 54 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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